Terrance wrote:
“This Airworthiness
Inspection is the same kind of job any AI or &E does on every
certified aircraft every year. Why to we need separate Airworthiness
inspectors for Experimentals? “
http://www.faa.gov/education_research/testing/airmen/test_guides/media/faa-g-8082-11b.pdf
http://www.faa.gov/about/office_org/field_offices/fsdo/lbb/local_more/media/ap_testing.pdf
Here are two references for you to look. The reason “why?”
is that applicants for Amateur-Built Experimental certificates do make mistakes
that can be picked out at Airworthiness Inspections. Sometimes big ones.
The Airworthiness Inspector, for that day, (ASI or DAR) is there to verify
conformity to the paperwork that applicant presents for that aircraft only.
Your writing uses incorrect and out of date nomenclature of certificate
holders and suggests that no one else is more creditable than you or the
builder of that aircraft. I have experienced applicants that had not even
read the applicable parts of FAR 91, let alone FAR 45 or the Advisory Circular
90-89A pertinent to the Program Letter presented in the Application Packet..
They did not understand their responsibilities to present their aircraft, let
alone operate it in preparation for first flight. Big violations of the
first paragraph of their Operating Limitations. Big Risks to Public
Safety.
On inspection day all applicants learn something very important for
their operating safety if an ASI or DAR is doing a valuable job.
You may not like what I have presented here, but I did try to keep it
brief enough and focused on your opening quotation.